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Amanda Michelina

@ampp.bsky.social
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Left-libertarian radical. My political philosophy: social equity, death by satire. Whakapapa Ngāti Hāua, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Hikairo, Ngāti Oneone Founder: AMPP www.amandamichelinasprogressivepart…

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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 11h
Walked from the High Court to the Cenotaph.
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 12h
It was around 5am.
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Cops In The Beehive
Sang it this morning outside Parliament. Medium volume. Hopefully the security guys made a tape of it.
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 15h
Another Ringo request.
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Something's Gotta Give
YouTube video by Johnny Mercer - Topic
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 15h
Paul and Ringo were/are both frustrated jazz musicians.
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 15h
Request from Ringo. I used to play this tune in the CSM Jazz Band with Steve Nichols leading the band when I was a high school student. Steve did piano, while Jack Harre was the trumpetist.
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Johnny Griffin NICE AND EASY
YouTube video by fedele alla linea
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Final version. Did a bunch of work over the last two days.
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63. Get Out And Vote! (2026).mp4
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pink & White #68
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Wrapping up Get Out And Vote!
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Regulated Wives - draft video 1
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Apparently Strayhorn wrote this song... Jermaine studies his music.
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Added Lush Life to the album.
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Echoes In A Stream, by Amanda Michelina
56 track album
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My hopeful vision involves massive algae farms at sea.
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
An AMPP thought bubble. Total no-brainer for Te Riu-A-Māui. Great use of our EEZ.
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Check out this chat
Here's a chat someone thought you'd want to see.
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Top 20 - my favourite songs that I've written
Your Scent Collective MemoriesOn High Lattes on the Beltway No DisguisesReverieThe Knight On My Couch Machine Fatigue Sing It From Your Heart Watch Her Go!Since I Was RomeoMy Soul Shall Not BendChardonnay SocialistsThere Is One Among...Here and NowIt's Gonna Sink InUnimportant BirthdaysCelebrity Confession IndustryWhite House Blues
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Final version of the album. Dave Grohl helped me mix Yes It Is.
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Echoes In A Stream, by Amanda Michelina
54 track album
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We're doing the final mix/track order for the new album. LA and London people are pissing me off...
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To the music suits
Q: Why are there so many covers in Echoes In A Stream? A: It's one of Paul's charity albums. - Q: Why won't you let us 'fix' the tapes? A: Because it's DIY Rock/Bedroom Pop. No autotune, no quantising. - Q: Why won't you play Sir Paul in their movie? A: I got an offer to write a movie with Sir Paul. It was a better offer. He liked working with me so much that he's produced two albums with me. Sony and Disney didn't even offer me a gig. They tried to blackmail me into one.
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This has the documentation. There's a film playlist, but the clips are wonky. Gives you a sense. That's our launch marathon. Ripples In A Pond is The Boys of Dungeon Lane sans autotune etc.
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What are we planning to do with the streaming company?
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Imagine Multimedia - Google Drive
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yes, there is a soundtrack album for The Dakumentary.
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The Dakumentary OST, by Amanda Michelina
17 track album
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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There Is No Depression in New Zealand
YouTube video by Blam Blam Blam - Topic
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Turned my dream into a treatment.
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Two Weeks From Monday-1.pdf
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Jermaine Jackson. 👍 Jemaine spells and pronounces it differently; it's confusing!
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The movie starts and ends on a scene of the lead singer on the top of Trafalgar Square in a beat-up car, wondering how he got there.
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Jermaine asked me to write a love song.
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It wasn't a feature, so it opened with a bunch of Māori Muslims from the year 1650 doing a drumming ritual with strange metal instruments that they'd grabbed from a voyage to North Africa a century ago.
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Another works at a takeaway, then the drummer comes in and starts drumming on the tables and the lamp posts (cue song). They drive up into the woods, put some masks on and do a solemn ritual as they walk down a hill chanting nonsense.
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One of them spends all night making trolleys into outsider art, then gets trapped in a parade of homeless people grabbing their trolleys in the morning before getting shunted off into a bazaar taking place in a student flat.
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I had a movie idea in a dream last night... Two Weeks From Monday A gonzo comedy about a crap Dunedin rock band in the 1980's. They're not even good enough to get a gig, but their antics are wild.
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Our pitch for the new company. There's going to be other divisions as well. Imagine Peace is getting substantial monies. Imagine Knowledge is our R&D division.
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Imagine Multimedia - Google Drive
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Wellington Classical Guitar Society still hosts regular gigs in the upstairs of Thistle Hall, and has done so for a decade. They're like the Bluegrass Society: a mix of members and guest performers. Sven Olsen's Brutal Canadian Love Saga has performed there.
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Surface was a breakthrough because it modelled weather conditions very well, with real 3D physics. It was well ahead of Pixar at that point (late 1980's). Andy's day job when I was little was with Trimble, which also involved weather mapping. Then he moved to ATKK, which was network engineering.
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm not an attempt to clone a Beatle. If I'd sucked at music, it would have never come up. Andy never told me; I only found out recently.
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Why do Paul and Ringo think I'm the next George? This was me at 14 years old. - Full disclosure: my father was business partners with Harry. Andy, my dad, invented a piece of software called Surface. It did 3D modelling of tents, and was used by music festivals. He knew George slightly.
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Michael Guitar (2008)
YouTube video by Amanda Riddell
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Took ages to get DDG to render something so dark...
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Don recalls Puhihuia being sung by kids at music lessons with Ruby King when he was a little kid.
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ruby King, my relative who wrote Māori songs, turned out to be Don McGlashan's great-grandmother. Hence Don and I are distant whānau.
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Am I really Māori?
I'm so sick of this question! Iwi whakapapa books aren't available to the general public... - Yes, and I knew of a vague connection to Ngāti Mahuta since 2017. My paternal uncle sent me photos, one of which was Princess Piki's wedding party. Those were of ET Huia Riddell, and family photos that he had easy access to. She was known as Nanny Riddell by Riddell's of his generation. This was later confirmed by the National Library in 2025. It turns out that my great-great-grandfather had an affa
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Amanda Michelina @ampp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As I understand the situation, the piece was retracted within hours, and was probably intended to be done that way. That doesn't excuse it, though. They put it on the front page during the weekend. I expect a full apology and a corrective article. Beatles are flocking to NZ...
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